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Haredi Youth Admit Receiving Cash to Vote in Likud Primaries
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First reported by Srugim · 2 hours ago
What happened
Two Haredi youths admitted in a video to receiving cash payments to vote in the Likud primaries, revealing a pre-arranged voting list and expressing no political interest. The incident raises questions about the integrity of the primary process amid thousands of Haredi voters participating.
- 01Two Haredi youths admitted receiving cash to vote in Likud primaries at Binyanei HaUma.
- 02They followed a pre-prepared candidate list and showed no genuine political interest.
- 03One youth said he was paid 400 shekels to vote and would vote for whoever pays.
- 04About 7,000 Haredim participated among 142,000 total voters in the Likud primaries.
- 05The exposure raises concerns about vote-buying and the primaries' integrity.
- 06Similar allegations have occurred before but rarely with such explicit admissions.
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